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9 out of 23(39%)reviewers recommend this product.
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Bioniclegenius
fromColumbia, MO
Age:18-24
Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me
Works very well
PostedJune 3, 2013
*BE WARNED THAT THIS WILL NOT WORK ON ANDROID 4.2. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ANDROID AND NOT THE CONTROLLER. Any previous versions are fine, and in theory, future versions will be as well.*
Well, originally, I was researching for a nice wireless controller for my tablet, which incidentally is a Nexus 7 on Android 4.2. After some hunting around, I found this controller and one other. This one, had the HUGE added bonus of being also Wii-compatible. However, after reading the reviews, I was quite wary - half of the reviews here claim it doesn't work at all, and the other half say it's perfect and does everything they ever wanted. While my experience with this controller may not match others, it's at least accurate to what I found with this.
First off, I don't have a Wii U, so I was unable to test that. However, I DO have a Wii, so I enjoyed playing several Virtual Console games and New Super Mario Bros Wii. The syncing to the Wii was almost instant for me, and not a problem in the slightest, which greatly relieved me. When playing the Virtual Console games, I actually never ran into any problems with the controller. The design feels quite solid in your hand, not at all cheap, and the buttons have just the right responsiveness. I've had problems in the past with, say, original SNES controllers where the buttons were too stiff or you couldn't tell when the start button was down or... etc. With this controller, the buttons feel just perfect. Anyways, for Virtual Console games, this controller checks out just fine. My only complaint is that the buttons on the mini-SNES portion in the middle are a bit far away from the edges, so you have to stretch your thumbs in farther to actually reach it. That's where the one docked point in design comes in. Along with that, though it was more a minor annoyance for me personally than for others, was that the D-Pad tilts a little bit much with side buttons, making certain things, like wall-jumping in Super Metroid, quite a bit more difficult, though you can learn your way around this, as normal SNES controllers do much the same. Almost in compensation for that, however, is the very long charging cable. This ensures that it will actually reach where you need it to if you want to charge, and the wire doesn't get in the way at all with it being connected to the bottom of the controller, so playing while plugged in is not an issue.
For Wii games like New Super Mario Bros Wii, what I was noticing was the 'Y' button (which I wish they would have labelled that X and Y work as 1 and 2 in Wii mode), which is run in that game, didn't seem to quite work. Every time I pressed it, I would use an item, so clearly it was registering, but running seemed... iffy, leading me to the conclusion that it may not be best when holding down the button. That's the one docked point in Performance, though it was just slight enough that I couldn't quite tell if I was just playing very badly or if it was the controller, on a game I'm normally fairly good at.
As for Android tablets... I tried for about three hours with every Wiimote app I could find to get it to connect to my tablet. After much googling, I finally found that Android 4.2 has some... problems with Bluetooth drivers, not allowing Wiimotes to connect to it. Therefore, it is a problem with Android and not the controller that did not allow it to connect - and yes, I tried with several actual Wiimotes as well, getting the exact same error for each. Purportedly, Android 4.1.2 worked for it, and is a close enough experience to 4.2.2 that you could live with that, and Android 4.3 shall include much-increased Bluetooth performance, leading me to believe that this will work in the future. I post this in hopes that others won't have to dig through pages of Google and technical discussions to discover this.
Overall, the performance of this controller works wonderfully, at least in the testing I've done. Be careful to note which buttons are disabled when it is in 'Wiimote' mode, and read the instructions about what happens when you switch the tilt mode - it DOES make a difference. Also, X and Y are the 1 and 2 buttons on the Wiimote, so don't assume it doesn't have them. Finally, this controller will not connect to Android 4.2, but will work on 4.1 or earlierand 4.3 when it comes out, in theory. I personally had an excellent experience with it.
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supernintendosp
Age:18-24
Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me
Excellent for a modern/retro upgrade
PostedMay 23, 2013
For those of you who don't mind a minor control sacrifice for a nostalgiac and solid wireless controller, this is your best bet. However, you cannot count on it being a regular Wii Remote as it claims. This reduces this controller's rating by one point.
The only problem I have with this controller is that the control pad is a little sensitive on the vertical d-pad movements. You'd barely touch the up or down on the D-Pad and it gets triggered. However, this sensitivity subsides over time as you use it more intensely, and your mind actually manages to integrate the more-dodgy control into it's strategy and instincts. It's kind-of like the Turbo Touch 360 you may have used on the original SNES - a minor touch and it works it's wonders. It's awesome.
I can - and will - tell you this: to have a Wii U classic controller useable on the original Wii makes this controller worth the money in itself. And then there's the switch on the back that changes it between a Wii Remote (really, it's just a regular Classic Controller mode) and the "Controller" (a Wii U Classic Controller Pro.) This feature makes it awesome, as you could use it for both systems. Don't mind the D-Pad flaw as it eventually dies out. It is highly controllable.
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RandB3
fromNewberg, OR
Age:35-44
Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me
Super Hybrid Controller.
PostedMarch 5, 2013
When I first opened the box, I didn't know what to expect. I mean, how would this controller be able to know to talk to the sensor bar, or to talk to the Bluetooth wireless. The controller, working its own magic, is actually a hybrid, meaning, it is talking to both the sensor bar and the bluetooth at the same time. Now, understand what that means, while in game you can tilt, shake, and point to your location. At the same time you are playing the game with all the action buttons. Essentially its the WiiMote and the Nunchuck combined together in a Weapon X type of hybrid controller. Super convenient, because I never have to get up from my sofa. The power button also turns on and off the Wii U and Wii console. Meaning I really don't have to get up from the sofa!
 
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thegreatgatsby
fromOmaha, NB
Age:18-24
Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me
READ! WORST CONTROLLER EVER!
PostedFebruary 26, 2013
After purchasing the Wii U and excitedly realizing that you still have access to the original Wii shop for virtual console games, I downloaded Super Mario 64. I was halted soon after with the lack of a classic controller and made my way to GameStop to solve this problem.......only to now be faced with some of the most frustrating, ridiculous predicaments.
Even though the advertising for this controller is highly misleading, I knew it would only service as a classic controller and Wii remote and was a-okay with that considering all I wanted to do was play some classic games with it. I was lured in by the nostalgic SNES coloring and made the $40.00 buy. Soon after I returned home to play some Mario, I was immediately finding myself upset with the purchase. It apparently has this great auto-walk feature where the joystick stays in the upright position indefinitely! It makes gameplay near impossible with the amount of sheer frustration it causes. I also came to find that after several hours of charging, it only keeps the charge for about an hour to an hour and a half and dies completely without warning which caused slight confusion, not knowing if it had died or simply stopped working mid-play. It also loses sync unexpectedly and then you are sent into a search for an item small and long enough to reset the controller....every time. The triggers aren't equally weighted - one has a distinct clicking sound while the other just laxly smushes into the controller for lack of better terms.
I bought this controller wanting to love it and play endless hours of games with it but now I just want a regular ol' first-party classic controller. If you want something done right, buy from the system manufacturer. Buy Nintendo. I'm done with this third-party nonsense. DO. NOT. BUY.
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Posted bysupernintendosp
Waterloo, NY
Wow. Thank you.
onApril 13, 2013
And I was about to buy this thing elsewhere...thank you so much for putting it in great detail. I won't be buying this thing AT ALL. Not on Amazon, not on Ebay, not here on Game Stop. I wonder how many people were duped by this cheap thing.
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